Protected Areas

BIOFIN launched the 2018 Workbook at the CBD COP14 in Egypt together with donors from Germany, Switzerland and Flanders and more than 100 biodiversity finance policy makers and advocates. The Workbook was first launched in 2014 and revamped again in 2016 and this new edition in 2018. Through the inn...Read more

By Onno van den Heuvel BIOFIN provides countries a strong basis to understand the biodiversity finance policy environment, map expenditure and financial needs, plan for achieving biodiversity finance targets, and implement a suite of finance solutions relevant for the context within the country. At...Read more

by Angelique Ogena* Manila, Philippines – In June the Philippines President signed into law the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System ( ENIPAS ) Act of 2018 after BIOFIN Philippines worked with Congresswoman Josephine Ramirez-Sato, to actively contribute to new legislation for the coun...Read more

Experts from BIOFIN shared some of the main lessons learned from the past years of the project at its side event on July 11 at the Convention for Biological Diversity's (CBD) SBI meeting. BIOFIN was recognised as an important capacity development process in more than 30 countries in mobilising resou...Read more

Definida nueva área de pilotaje para la fase de implementación de BIOFIN en Cuba El pasado 26 de junio se desarrolló un importante encuentro del Grupo Coordinador de BIOFIN/Cuba en el Ministerio de la Agricultura. Fueron realizadas presentaciones acerca de las metodologías existentes en el país para...Read more